OTTAWA — Antisemitism in Canada exploded last year as the war unfolding in Israel and Gaza was used to “justify” the targeting of Jews in Canada, B’nai Brith said Monday as it released its latest report on antisemitism.

It comes as the world marks Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, and the rise in antisemitism was a key part of speeches delivered by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre at the ceremony at the National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa.